Academy grants $500,000 to Film and Cultural groups

The Academy Foundation’s Institutional Grants Program has awarded a total of $500,000 to 60 film-related organizations, including universities, artist retreats, museums and job development programs throughout the United States and in three foreign countries — Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

“The Academy’s grants program is designed to advance personal and professional interest in the motion picture industry and raise cultural awareness throughout our communities,” explained Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt.

Since its establishment in 1968, the foundation, the educational wing of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has distributed over 460 grants to film-related, nonprofit organizations, schools and colleges.

The Academy Foundation’s Grants Committee selected the following programs for the 2006—2007 allocation:

Internship Programs

$15,000

California Institute of the Arts (Valencia)

Columbia University School of the Arts

University of North Carolina

University of Southern California — School of Cinema and Television

University of Southern California — Master of Professional Writing Program

$10,000

Austin Film Society (TX)

Columbia College (Hollywood, CA)

Pennsylvania State University (University Park)

University of California at Los Angeles — Film and Television Program

Western States Black Research & Educational Center (Los Angeles)

Yale University — Film Studies

$7,000

Stanford University

$5,000

Museum of Modern Art (New York City)

North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem)

$3,000

Outfest (Los Angeles)

Institutional Grants

$20,000

American Film Institute (Los Angeles) — Directing Workshop for Women

$15,000

Film Independent (Los Angeles) — Mentoring and training program

Henry Mancini Institute (Culver City) — Music program

Inner-City Filmmakers (Santa Monica) — Job development and training program